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Henry Rossiter Worthington

@henryworthington

American mechanical engineer

Building Worthington Corporation as Founder

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Lived
1817–1880

About

Henry Rossiter Worthington (1817–1880) was a mechanical engineer and inventor. They were born in New York City.

In context

Worthington Corporation was founded in 1845 and closed in 1967, after 122 years. Among the 6 other industrial manufacturing companies founded in the 1840s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 67 years, so this one outlasted most of them.

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Contribution

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